music by Dvorak. including his .S‘erenat/e For Strings. Piano Quintet in A major and Serenade For Wind lnstrtonents in 1) minor.
SUNDAY 18
Glasgow
I Madiba String Quartet Burrell Collection. Pollokshaws Road. 2.30pm. £3 (£2) at the door. For their first performance at the Burrell Collection. the yottttg quartet play pieces by Mozart. Brahms and Shostakovich.
I Ludus Baroque St Mary's Cathedral. 300 Great Western Road. 33‘) 6691. 8.30pm. £7.50 (£5) from Ticket Centre (287 551 l ) and Mayfest Hotline (287 5000). See Fri 16. Part (nutter/m.
Edinburgh
I William Jewell College Choir St Giles' Cathedral. High Street. 6pm. Free. The choir. from Liberty. Missouri. sing pieces by Byrd. Purcell and Poulenc as well as American folk songs and spirituals.
I Edinburgh Academy Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 201‘) (credit card hotlitte 667 7776). 7pm. £4 (£2). The school‘s chamber choir. pipe band. dance band. concert bands and orchestras play a wide range of music. including concerto movements. Grieg's l’eer (i‘vnt and Rossini's William 7211/ ()t'erttire.
I Edinburgh University Symphony Orchestra Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 7.30pm. £4 (£3) at the door. James White conducts Wagner's ()l‘t’l'llll'c’.' Die l"rei.vrltiit:. Mendelssohn's l'io/in Concerto (with Christina Ball) and Schubert's Symphony No 9 ( 'T/It’ (ireat '). I Vocal Recital Westbury Hotel. Corstorphine. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£5) from 334 2812 or at the door. Cadenza presents an evening of opera classics and songs from the great musicals. with Susan McFarlane (soprano). Keith Kilgore (tenor) attd William Alexander (piano).
MONDAY 19 Glasgow
I Tosca Citizens' Theatre. Gorbals Street. 7.30pm. £10 (£7.50) from Citizens‘ Box Office (4290022) and Mayfest Hotline (287 5000). See Sat 17. Part of Mttljtflrt.
I Opera Showcase Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Road. 7.30pm. £6 (£4) frotn Cottier Box ()ffice (357 3868). Ticket Centre (287 5511) and Mayfest Hotline (287 5000). Students on the RSAMI)'s postgraduate opera course present an evening of staged operatic scenes from Carmen, Pei/ear Ant/ Melisa/tile and T/It’ .llarriage ()t’l’iearo. l’art ot'Mttv/‘est.
TUESDAY 20
Glasgow
I Musica Electronica Concert Ilall. University of Glasgow, 330 4092. 1.15pm. Free. A concert featuring electroacoustic music selected from international festivals. prizes and studios around the world. prepared aitd diffused by final year students of the Ban (Electronics With Music) course on special sound diffttsion equipment.
I Guitar and Lute Recital H utcheson's Hall. 2 John Street. 552 8391. 7.30pm. £5 (£3.50) from Mayfest Hotline (287 5000). Anne Chaurand plays early. traditional attd new music frotn Celtic countries. including the world premiere of Start Over ('arnat' by John Maxwell (ictltles. Part of .llttvlt'xt.
I Csardas Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 10.30pm. £6 (£4) from Cottier Box Office (357 3868). Ticket Centre (287 551 I) and .\Iayfest Hotline (287 5000). The Scottish voice. violin and piano trio presents ‘Maynight In Moscow'. a programme of Russian song and instrumental pieces by Raclunaninov. Stravinsky. Shostakovich. Glinka and Tchaikovsky. l’art otMttv/evt.
I Inquiry Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 10.30pm. £5 (£3) from Cottier Box Office (357 3868). Ticket Centre
(287 55 l 1) and Mayfest Hotline (287 5000). Pianist David Paul Jones continues his work as a collaborative artist with Inquiry. an innovative approach to piano recital as music theatre. With actress Mary Cassidy and singer Carolyn Murray. he performs a selection of 20th century pieces in a candlelit setting. The music is by Berg. Messiaen. Ravel. Peter Sculthorpe and Jones himself. Part oj'Majj'est.
Edinburgh
I New College Choir Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 7.30pm. £3—£5 from Queen's Hall (box office 668 201‘); credit card hotline 667 7776) and at the door. ‘Shout To The Lord is the title of a concert of all new contemporary Christian music. featuring David Mitchell and band. with choir and musicians from Edinburgh University.
I Organ Recital St Mary‘s Cathedral. Palmerston Place. 225 6293. £5 (£1) at the door. Timothy Byram-Wigfield begins a series of four promenade organ recitals — titled ‘The Wondrous Machine' — with a concert featuring French 20th century masters: Vierne's .S’vmp/tonie II and pieces by Langlais. Messiaen. Durufle. [)upré and Tournemire.
WEDNESDAY 21
Glasgow
I Tosca Citizens' Theatre. Gorbals Street. 7.30pm. £ 10 (£7.50) frotn Citizens' Box Office (42‘) 0022) and Mayfest Hotline (287 5000). See Sat 17. Part o/Jltttv/est.
I Charity Band Concert City Hall. Candleriggs. 227 5511. 7.30pm. £7. The Royal Engineers Band and the Kevock Choir perform in aid of charity.
I Opera Showcase Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Road. 7.30pm. £6 (£4) from Cottier Box Office (357 3868). Ticket Centre (287 551 I) and Mayfest Hotline (287 5000). See Mon l‘). l’ttt'! (t/Jthtj/t'sl.
Edinburgh
I New College Choir Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 7.30pm. £3—£5 from Queen's Hall (box office 668 201‘); credit card hotline 667 7776) and at the door. See Tue 20.
THURSDAY 22
Glasgow
I Piano Recital Merchants‘ House. West George Street. 12.45pm. £3.50 (£3) at the door. Kenneth Hamilton plays a selection of pieces. including Balakirev's Sonata in Bflat ntinor. regarded by some as the greatest Russian piano sonata of the pre-World War 1 period. Part of May/est.
I Oboe Masterclass Stevenson Hall. RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 6.30pm. Free. Douglas Boyd directs a masterclass.
I Cappella Nova Glasgow Cathedral. Castle Street. 7.30pm. £6--£I0 (£4-£7) from Ticket Centre (227 5511 ) and Mayest Hotline (287 5000). The male voices of Cappella Nova are joined by harp. bells and pot'tative organ to conjure up the sottttds of medieval Scotland it) ‘The Ceremonies ()f St Kentigern'. Magic and miracles are celebrated in Celtic plainchant found 111 a manuscript which for years lay hidden in a library vault. I’art offllttv/evt.
Edinburgh
I Organ Recital St Giles' Cathedral. High Street. 1.10pm. Free. (.ieorge McPhee plays Pachelbel‘s l’ortito and works by Franck. Avisott. Jongen and Bach.
FRIDAY 23
Glasgow
I Academy Wind Ensemble Stevenson Hall. RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £2.50 (£1.50). Douglas Boytl conducts the RSAMI) students in Mozart's Serenade in ltflat.
I Edinburgh Quartet Adelaide's. 209 Batlt Street. 7.30pm. £7 (£4/£3) from
Adelaide‘s Box Office (248 4970) and Mayfest Hotline (287 5000). The east coast foursome play Haydn‘s Quartet in (i. Schubert‘s Quartet in A ntinor ( “Death And The Mair/en ') and Edward McGuire's Music For Lowland Bagpipes Anti String Quartet. featuring The Whistlebinkies‘ Rab Wallace.
I Tosca Citizens‘ Theatre. Gorbals Street. 7.30pm. £10 frotn Citizens' Box Office (42‘) 0022) and Mayfest Hotline (287 5000). See Sat 17. Part ({ftWUAfC’Sf.
Glenrothes
I Madame Butterfly Rothes Halls. Rothes Square.01592 611101. 7.30pm. £6—£ l 3.50 (£‘).50/£7.50). ()pera Box. Britain‘s leading exponent of ‘outdoor opera'. move their fttlly costumed and scenic productions inside for a performance of the Puccini favourite. Full of beatttifttl melodies. the story of a spurned lover drives towards a tearful ending.
SATURDAY 24 Glasgow
I Junior Academy Concert Stevenson Hall. RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 3pm. Free by ticket. The young musicians of the Jttnior Academy‘s Wind Orchestra. Brass Ensetnble and Second Orchestra parade their talents.
I Junior Academy Concert Guinness Room. RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 6pm. Free. A chamber music concert by some of Scotland‘s best young musicians.
I Glasgow Chamber Choir Glasgow Cathedral. Castle Street. 7.30pm. £7 (£5) from Ticket Centre. 227 551 I. The choir perform Langlais's .lfc'.\l\‘(’ .S'o/enne/le.
Edinburgh
I New Edinburgh Orchestra Nicolson Square Church. Nicolson Square. 7.30pm. £6 (£4) from Queen's Hall. 668 201‘) (credit card hotline 667 7776). Holst's arrangement of two of Purcell‘s suites frotn 'I‘lte (ion/an Knot L’ntiet/ kicks off an evening that also includes Beethoven‘s Svmp/tonv No /. a selection of music by Mozart. and Sin/onietta by Engliin composer Arthur Cooke. who studied with Hindemith. Doors open at 7pm to allow the audience to view works in paint. drawing. sculpture and photography by eight Edinburgh artists directly inspired by the .\'li()'s earlier performances of Beethoven‘s Svmp/tonv No 7 and Mozart's Svmp/tonv A'o .i’o’
t ‘l’ragtie't.
I Charity Concert St Giles' Cathedral. High Street. 7.30pm. £8 (£5) from Cathedral Shop (226 2998) or Ticketline (220 4349). Michael Harris. organist and Master of the Music at St Giles' Cathedral. joins forces with the St Giles' Cathedral Choir and St Giles String Quartet for a concert in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief. The bill consists of Purcell's () Sine Unto 'l'lte I.ort/. Handel's ()rean ('ont'erto. Britten's Rejoice In The Lamb and Mozart's .llisxo It'reviv and Are l'eritm.
I Cadenza (irey friars Kirk. Grcyfriars Place. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£4.50) froin 664 3798 and at the door. 'I he vocal group are
joined by Philomusica for Mozart's
stirring and at times chilling Rt't/ttit'm.
I Fireworks Concert Hopetoun House. near South Queensferry. 8.15pm. £16 (£14) (concert only): £36 (champagne reception): £32 (three cottrse table d'hotc) from RNIB. Hopetoutt House Concert. 9 Viewfieltl Place. Stirling. FK8 INL. 01786 447558: concert only from Assembly Rooms. King's Theatre or 220 434‘). The magnificent grounds of llopetoun llouse play host to a display of fireworks and son et litmiere set to a performance by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. The concert includes Tchaikovsky‘s Its/2 ()l't‘l‘lill't' and Handel's Music /-'or The It’ovo/ l’irett‘or/tx. plus pieces by Wagner. lilgar. Smetana and others. The grounds open at 6.15pm and close at 10.30pm. attd picnics (no barbeques) are welcome. Proceeds to Royal National lttstittttc for the Blind Scotland.
classical & opera MUSIC
SUNDAY 25 Edinburgh
I Craigowl Consort St Giles‘ Cathedral. High Street. 6pm. Free. The group perform vocal and instrumental music from the 16th to 18th centuries.
I Cappella Nova Greyfriars Kirk. Greyfriars Place. 7.30pm. £6—£10(£4--£7) from Queen‘s Hall. 668 2019 (credit card hotline 667 7776). See Thurs 22.
TUESDAY 27
Glasgow
I Opera Competition New Athenaeum Theatre. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 2pm. Free. Student singers compete for the Ye Cronies ()pera Award. I Telemann Ensemble Kibble Palace. Botanic Gardens. 7.30pm. £5 (£3) at the door. The ensemble present a concert of Baroque works in the unusual surroundings of Glasgow‘s Botanic Gardens.
Edinburgh
I Organ Recital St Mary's Cathedral. Palmerston Place. 225 6293. £5 (£1) at the door. Timothy Byram-Wigfield's ‘Wondrous Machine' series continues with a programme of tnusic reflecting the Town Hall Tradition — original works and arrangements by Bach. Hollins. Lemarc. Rossini. Elgar. Handel and Schubert.
WEDNESDAY 28
Glasgow
I Percussion Masterclass Stevenson Hall. RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 2pm. Free. Internationally acclaitned percussionist Evelyn Glennie directs a masterclass.
I The Cunning Little Vixen Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 3329000. 7.15pm. £3.50—£45. Scottish Opera's Janacek cycle returns to the stage with Welsh soprano Rebecca Evans in the title role. Director and choreographer Stuart Hopps revives David Pourtney's original production. and tonight the condttctor is Manin Andre. The setting combines forest creatures and human life in a way that is never sentimental. while Janacek's music often reveals an expressive. folky edge.
Edinburgh
I Piano Recital Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 201‘) (credit card hotline 667 7776). 3pm. £4.90 (including afternoon tea). Hotly tipped Ukrainian pianist chgeny Morozov. currently studying on a scholarship at the RSAMI). plays Chopin. Liszt and Schumann.
THURSDAY 29
Glasgow
I Samson And Delilah Theatre Royal. Hope Street. 3329000. 7.15pm. £3.50—£45. For the first time. Scottish ()pera present Saittt-Saens‘s version of the ()ld Testament story about slavery. rebellion. passion and bad hair days. Antony McDonald doubles as both director and designer for a production conducted by Frederic Chaslin. The leads are sung by acclaimed American singers Mark l.undberg and Carolyn Sebron. Sung in French with English subtitles.
I DA Applied Music Chamber Orchestra lit-Service Suite. Jordanhill Campus. 7.30pm. Free. The student musicians present a free evening concert. I Telemann Ensemble Kibble Palace. Botanic Gardens. 7.30pm. £5 (£3) at the door. See Tue 27.
Edinburgh
I Organ Recital St (iiles‘ Cathedral. High Street. 1.10pm. Free. Michael Harris plays (juilmant's (irant/ ('ltoettr and pieces by Ebert. Bach. Bonnet and Jongen.
I Guitar Duo St Mark's Unitarian Church. Castle Terrace. Info: 467 9300. 7.30pm. Allan Neave and Simott Dinnigan in a programme of Bach. Debussy. Bellinapi. York and the premiere of Siotvbahv by (iordon McPherson. See preview.
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